Editing Brooke County, West Virginia

{{Short description|County in West Virginia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Brooke County
 | state                = West Virginia
 | ex image             = Old Main at Bethany College, eastern front.jpg
 | ex image size        = 250px
 | ex image cap         = [[Old Main (Bethany College)|Old Main]], [[Bethany College (West Virginia)|Bethany College]]
 | seal                 = Seal of Brooke County, West Virginia.svg 
 | founded date         = November 30
 | founded year         = 1797
 | seat wl              = Wellsburg
 | largest city wl      = Follansbee
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 92.57
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 89.20
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 3.37
 | area percentage      = 
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 22559
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2021
 | population_est       = 22140 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = 252.90
 | web                  = https://www.brookecountywv.gov/
 | named for            = [[Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)|Robert Brooke]]
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | district             = 1st
}}

'''Brooke County''' is a [[List of counties in West Virginia|county]] in the [[Northern Panhandle of West Virginia|Northern Panhandle]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[West Virginia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 22,559.<ref name="QF">{{Cite web |title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/brookecountywestvirginia/PST045221 |access-date=October 20, 2022 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Wellsburg, West Virginia|Wellsburg]].<ref name="GR6">{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was created in 1797 from part of [[Ohio County, West Virginia|Ohio County]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003 |title=West Virginia: Individual County Chronologies |url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WV_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120035149/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WV_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=August 10, 2015 |website=West Virginia Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]}}</ref> and named in honor of [[Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)|Robert Brooke]], [[Governor of Virginia]] from 1794 to 1796.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooke County history sources |url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/brooke.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022115136/http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/brooke.html |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> Brooke County is part of the [[Weirton-Steubenville metropolitan area|Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is also included in the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area|Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-WV-OH Combined Statistical Area]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=White House |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Ohio Company of Virginia]] petitioned the British King for 500,000 acres of land in the [[Ohio River Valley]] in 1747, but the first settlers to this area, in what later became known as West Virginia's Northern Panhandle, were brothers Jonathan, Israel and Friend Cox. They staked a "[[cabin rights|tomahawk claim]]" to 1200 acres (400 acres for each brother) at the mouth of [[Buffalo Creek (Ohio River)|Buffalo Creek]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=TX |first=Jean Suplick Matuson, Plano |title=Washington Co., PA - Geography |url=http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/geog.html |access-date=March 27, 2018 |website=www.chartiers.com}}</ref> and extending along the [[Ohio River]]. Their cousin George Cox staked an adjacent claim a few years later.

In 1788 Charles Prather purchased 481 acres from Friend Cox's heir, John Cox; by that year's end Alexander Wells, formerly of [[Baltimore, Maryland]] and later of [[Cross Creek Township, Pennsylvania]], established a trading post (together with his Baltimore cousin Richard Owings). In 1791 the Ohio County Court incorporated the town around the post as "Charlestown" (after Prather's first name). On November 30, 1796, the Virginia General Assembly formed Brooke County, from parts of Ohio County, and designated "Charlestown" as the county seat. Across the Appalachian Continental Divide to the east in [[Jefferson County, West Virginia|Jefferson County]], another Charlestown had previously been incorporated (it is now known as [[Charles Town, West Virginia|Charles Town]]). In addition, [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]] had been established at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers in 1788.

Addressing this confusion, the Virginia General Assembly on December 28, 1816, changed the Brooke county seat's name from "Charlestown" to [[Wellsburg, West Virginia|Wellsburg]], supposedly to honor [[Charles Wells (West Virginia)|Charles Wells]], Prather's son-in-law.<ref>Nancy L. Caldwell, ''A History of Brooke County,'' (Brooke County Historical Society, 1975), p. 4</ref> The first Masonic Lodge west of the Allegheny Mountains was established in Wellsburg on March 4, 1799. It was under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for six years, but since December 17, 1817, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Virginia and later of West Virginia.<ref>Caldwell, p. 5</ref>

The first glass factory in Wellsburg was built in 1813, taking advantage of the relatively easy transportation on the [[Ohio River]]. When the National Road was built about five years later, its first crossing of the Ohio River was via a ferry further west. In 1818 [[Alexander Campbell (clergyman)|Alexander Campbell]] founded the first Virginia school west of the Appalachians, which the [[Virginia General Assembly]] chartered in 1840 as [[Bethany College (West Virginia)|Bethany College]].

During the [[American Civil War]], Brooke County's elected officials helped found the new state of [[West Virginia]], after their efforts to block secession failed at the [[Virginia Secession Convention of 1861]]. Wellsburg received a new charter in 1866 from the newly established West Virginia legislature, and Samuel Marks became Wellsburg's first elected mayor.<ref>Caldwell, p. 4 et seq</ref>

In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into [[civil township]]s, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into [[minor civil division|magisterial districts]].<ref>Otis K. Rice & Stephen W. Brown, ''West Virginia: A History'', 2nd ed., University Press of Kentucky, Lexington (1993), p. 240.</ref>  Brooke County was divided into three districts: Buffalo, Cross Creek, and Wellsburg. Wellsburg District was co-extensive with the city of Wellsburg. The districts of Follansbee and Weirton were created between 1970 and 1980. Buffalo and Cross Creek Districts were discontinued in 2008.<ref>[[United States Census Bureau]], [[United States Census|U.S. Decennial Census]], Tables of Minor Civil Divisions in West Virginia, 1870–2010.</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|93|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|89|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.4|sqmi}} (3.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_54.txt |access-date=July 23, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the second-smallest county in West Virginia by area. The highest point of elevation in Brooke County is approximately 1372&nbsp;ft. and located about 1.5 miles south of Franklin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooke County High Point Trip Report |url=http://cohp.org/wv/Brooke_1.html |website=cohp.org}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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===Adjacent counties===
*[[Hancock County, West Virginia|Hancock County]] (north)
*[[Washington County, Pennsylvania]] (east)
*[[Ohio County, West Virginia|Ohio County]] (south)
*[[Jefferson County, Ohio]] (west)

===National protected area===
*[[Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1800= 4706
|1810= 5843
|1820= 6631
|1830= 7041
|1840= 7948
|1850= 5054
|1860= 5494
|1870= 5464
|1880= 6013
|1890= 6660
|1900= 7219
|1910= 11098
|1920= 16527
|1930= 24663
|1940= 25513
|1950= 26904
|1960= 28940
|1970= 29685
|1980= 31117
|1990= 26992
|2000= 25447
|2010= 24069
|2020= 22559
|estyear=2021
|estimate=22140
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2021">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |access-date=January 9, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |access-date=January 9, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/wv190090.txt |access-date=January 9, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=January 9, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 25,447 people, 10,396 households, and 7,152 families living in the county. The population density was {{convert|286|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 11,150 housing units at an average density of {{convert|126|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.90% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.85% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.10% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.34% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.69% from two or more races. 0.39% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 10,396 households, out of which 26.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.30% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.40% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 25.80% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 18.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 91.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,981, and the median income for a family was $39,948. Males had a median income of $34,397 versus $19,711 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,131. About 9.50% of families and 11.70% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.40% of those under age 18 and 9.10% of those age 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census]], there were 24,069 people, 10,020 households, and 6,636 families living in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{Cite web |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US54009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213032548/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US54009 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=April 3, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|269.8|PD/sqmi}}. There were 10,967 housing units at an average density of {{convert|122.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}.<ref name="census-density">{{Cite web |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US54009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213190202/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US54009 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=April 3, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 97.0% white, 1.2% black or African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% American Indian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.7% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1" /> In terms of ancestry, 21.5% were [[Germans|German]], 17.5% were [[Irish people|Irish]], 16.4% were [[Italians|Italian]], 11.5% were [[English people|English]], 7.2% were [[Americans|American]], 5.9% were [[Scotch-Irish American|Scotch-Irish]], and 5.7% were [[Polish people|Polish]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{Cite web |title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US54009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213033255/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US54009 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=April 3, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

Of the 10,020 households, 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.8% were non-families, and 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.83. The median age was 44.8 years.<ref name="census-dp1" />

The median income for a household in the county was $39,475 and the median income for a family was $52,528. Males had a median income of $39,065 versus $29,824 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,377. About 7.9% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.5% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{Cite web |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US54009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213032954/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US54009 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=April 3, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

==Law and government==
Brooke County is governed by a three-member County Commission who each serve in rotating 6-year terms. The terms are designed such that one seat is up for election in even years. The County Commission annually chooses its own President. The Brooke County Commissioners in 2022 are President AJ Thomas, Tim Ennis, and Stacey Wise.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tarr Out in Brooke County |url=http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2014/05/tarr-out-in-brooke-county/ |access-date=July 17, 2017 |website=The Intelligencer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituaries: Bernard 'Bernie' L. Kaziensko |url=http://www.reasnerofwellsburg.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1330847&fh_id=11998 |access-date=July 17, 2017 |website=Reasner Funeral House}}</ref>

Brooke County is part of the [[West Virginia Circuit Courts|First Judicial Circuit of West Virginia]], which also includes [[Hancock County, West Virginia|Hancock]] and [[Ohio County, West Virginia|Ohio]] counties. In West Virginia, Circuit Judges are elected in non-partisan elections to eight-year terms. The current judges of the First Judicial Circuit are the Hon. Jason A. Cuomo, the Hon. James Mazzone, the Hon. David J. Sims, and the Hon. Ronald E. Wilson. All four Circuit Court judges were re-elected in November 2016.

Brooke County is part of the First Family Court Circuit of West Virginia which also includes Hancock and Ohio Counties. In West Virginia, Family Court Judges were first elected to six-year terms beginning in 2002 and were elected to eight-year terms beginning in 2008. The current judges of the First Family Court Circuit are the Hon. Joyce Chernenko and the Hon. William Sinclair who were both elected to eight-year terms in November 2008.<ref name="Election">See West Virginia Secretary of State; [http://apps.sos.wv.gov/elections/results/index.aspx?year=2012&eid= Election Results Center]</ref>

Magistrates are elected in partisan elections serving four-year terms. Vacancies occurring in unexpired terms can be filled by a respective Circuit Court Judge. Unlike Circuit Court judges or Family Court judges, magistrates are not required to be attorneys. Brooke County currently has two magistrates: Robin Snyder and Danielle Diserio.<ref name="Election" />

===Politics===
Abutting [[slave states and free states|free states]] Ohio and Pennsylvania, and with a largely German-American culture unlike any other part of antebellum Virginia,<ref>MacKenzie, Scott; ‘The Fifth Border State: Slavery and the Formation of West Virginia, 1850-1868’ (thesis), ''Auburn University Electronic Theses and Dissertations''</ref> Brooke County and the rest of the Northern Panhandle were central to the vanguard who made West Virginia a new state during [[American Civil War|the Civil War]].<ref>Link, William A.; [https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/wvhistory/files/pdf/06_wv_history_reader_link.pdf ‘This Bastard New Virginia: Slavery, West Virginia Exceptionalism, and the Secession Crisis’]</ref> For the next six and a half decades, the county, aided by its association with Pennsylvania's powerful ironmonger-led Republican machines, voted solidly Republican to the point of supporting [[William Howard Taft]] during the disastrously divided 1912 election. From the [[New Deal]] until [[presidency of Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]], however, powerful unionization meant that Brooke County turned from solidly Republican to solidly Democratic except when the Democrats nominated the liberal [[George McGovern]] in 1972. Like all of West Virginia, since 2000 a combination of declining unionization<ref>Schwartzman, Gabe; [http://www.dailyyonder.com/how-coalfields-went-gop/2015/01/13/7668/ ‘How Central Appalachia Went Right’]; ''Daily Yonder'', January 13, 2015</ref> and differences with the Democratic Party's liberal views on social issues<ref>Cohn, Nate; [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/southern-whites-loyalty-to-gop-nearing-that-of-blacks-to-democrats.html ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 24, 2014</ref> has produced a dramatic swing to the Republican Party.
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==Education==
Brooke County is the home of [[Bethany College (West Virginia)|Bethany College]] which is the oldest private college in the state.

==Communities==

===Cities===
*[[Follansbee, West Virginia|Follansbee]]
*[[Weirton, West Virginia|Weirton]] (part)
*[[Wellsburg, West Virginia|Wellsburg]] (county seat)

===Town===
*[[Bethany, West Virginia|Bethany]]

===Villages===
*[[Beech Bottom, West Virginia|Beech Bottom]]
*[[Windsor Heights, West Virginia|Windsor Heights]]

===Magisterial districts===
====Current====
* Follansbee
* Weirton
* Wellsburg

====Historic====
* Buffalo
* Cross Creek

===Census-designated places===
*[[Hooverson Heights, West Virginia|Hooverson Heights]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col}}
*[[Arnold, Brooke County, West Virginia|Arnold]]
*[[Coketown, West Virginia|Coketown]]
*[[Colliers, West Virginia|Colliers]]
*[[Dutch Town, West Virginia|Dutch Town]]
*[[East Steubenville, West Virginia|East Steubenville]]
*[[Fowlerstown, West Virginia|Fowlerstown]]
*[[Logrow, West Virginia|Logrow]]
*[[Louise, West Virginia|Louise]]
*[[Power, West Virginia|Power]]
*[[Rabbit Hill, West Virginia|Rabbit Hill]]
*[[Rockdale, West Virginia|Rockdale]]
*[[Short Creek, West Virginia|Short Creek]]
*[[Virginville, West Virginia|Virginville]]
{{div col end}}

==See also==
* [[Brooke Hills Playhouse]]
* [[Castleman Run Lake Wildlife Management Area]]
* [[Cross Creek Wildlife Management Area]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooke County, West Virginia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050106060123/http://www.brookewv.org/ Official Brooke County Website]}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124024623/http://boe.broo.k12.wv.us/ Brooke County Schools]
*[http://wellsburg.lib.wv.us/ Brooke County Public Library]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090711193040/http://www.brookewv.org/bceda.html Brooke County Economic Development Homepage]}}
*[http://www.topofwv.com/ Top of WV CVB, the Convention & Visitors Bureau for Brooke and Hancock Counties]

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|North     = [[Hancock County, West Virginia|Hancock County]]
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|East      = [[Washington County, Pennsylvania]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Ohio County, West Virginia|Ohio County]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Jefferson County, Ohio]]
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